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|Or, in base three barulets undy azure and issuing there from a demi-opinicus sable armed and languaged gules and holding in the dexter paw a maple leaf of the last.</br> | |||
Motto: Pepérer et détruire. | |||
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The Opinicus is like the Griffin a combination of an Eagle and a Lion, but with a short tail like that of a Bear. It suggests that the Squadron has the Strength of a Lion and the Aerial Agility of an Eagle. The Maple alludes to Canada. The Motto translates as "To seek out the foe and to destroy him". | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/ | [[Literature]]: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/. Information from Badges of the Canadian Forces / Insignes des Forces Canadiennes. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:16, 25 November 2023
NO 880 SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
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(Standard) |
English | Or, in base three barulets undy azure and issuing there from a demi-opinicus sable armed and languaged gules and holding in the dexter paw a maple leaf of the last. Motto: Pepérer et détruire. |
Origin/meaning
The Opinicus is like the Griffin a combination of an Eagle and a Lion, but with a short tail like that of a Bear. It suggests that the Squadron has the Strength of a Lion and the Aerial Agility of an Eagle. The Maple alludes to Canada. The Motto translates as "To seek out the foe and to destroy him".
Literature: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/. Information from Badges of the Canadian Forces / Insignes des Forces Canadiennes.
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